Chapter 29
Wilsonian Progressivism
at Home and Abroad,
1912–1916
Question
All of the following are true of New Freedom EXCEPT
a) it included stronger antitrust legislation to protect small
business enterprises from monopolies, banking reform, and
tariff reductions.
b) it advocated decreasing opportunities for capitalist
competition rather than increasing government regulation
of large trusts.
c) it shunned social-welfare proposals and pinned their economic
faith on competition.
d) the keynote of Wilson’s campaign was not regulation but
fragmentation of the big industrial combines, chiefly by means
of vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws.
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Answer
All of the following are true of New Freedom EXCEPT
a) it included stronger antitrust legislation to protect small
business enterprises from monopolies, banking reform, and
tariff reductions.
b) it advocated decreasing opportunities for capitalist
competition rather than increasing government regulation
of large trusts. (correct)
c) it shunned social-welfare proposals and pinned their economic
faith on competition.
d) the keynote of Wilson’s campaign was not regulation but
fragmentation of the big industrial combines, chiefly by means
of vigorous enforcement of the antitrust laws.
Hint: See pages 729–730.
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Question
All of the following were true of the New Nationalism
EXCEPT
a) it was the state-interventionist reform program advocated by
Theodore Roosevelt during his Bull Moose presidential
campaign.
b) Roosevelt objected to continued consolidation of trusts and
labor unions.
c) it sought to create stronger regulatory agencies to insure that
they operated to serve the public interest.
d) it favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions,
paralleled by the growth of powerful regulatory agencies.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the New Nationalism
EXCEPT
a) it was the state-interventionist reform program advocated by
Theodore Roosevelt during his Bull Moose presidential
campaign.
b) Roosevelt objected to continued consolidation of trusts and
labor unions. (correct)
c) it sought to create stronger regulatory agencies to insure that
they operated to serve the public interest.
d) it favored continued consolidation of trusts and labor unions,
paralleled by the growth of powerful regulatory agencies.
Hint: See page 729.
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Question
All of the following were true the Underwood Tariff EXCEPT
a) it provided for a substantial increase of rates.
b) a swarm of lobbyists descended on the Senate seeking to
disembowel the bill.
c) Wilson promptly issued a combative message to the people,
urging them to hold their elected representatives in line.
d) Congress enacted a graduated income tax, beginning with a
modest levy on incomes over $3,000.
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Answer
All of the following were true the Underwood Tariff EXCEPT
a) it provided for a substantial increase of rates. (correct)
b) a swarm of lobbyists descended on the Senate seeking to
disembowel the bill.
c) Wilson promptly issued a combative message to the people,
urging them to hold their elected representatives in line.
d) Congress enacted a graduated income tax, beginning with a
modest levy on incomes over $3,000.
Hint: See page 732.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Federal Reserve Act
EXCEPT
a) it was the most important piece of economic legislation
between the Civil War and the New Deal.
b) the new Federal Reserve Board oversaw a nationwide system
of twelve regional reserve districts, each with its own central
bank.
c) it created a public bank, but the final authority of the
Federal Reserve Board guaranteed substantial bankers’
control.
d) its board was also empowered to issue paper money backed
by commercial paper, such as promissory notes of
businesspeople.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Federal Reserve Act
EXCEPT
a) it was the most important piece of economic legislation
between the Civil War and the New Deal.
b) the new Federal Reserve Board oversaw a nationwide system
of twelve regional reserve districts, each with its own central
bank.
c) it created a public bank, but the final authority of the
Federal Reserve Board guaranteed substantial bankers’
control. (correct)
d) its board was also empowered to issue paper money backed
by commercial paper, such as promissory notes of
businesspeople.
Hint: See page 733.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Federal Trade
Commission Act EXCEPT
a) it was part of Wilson’s attempt to attack the “triple wall of
privilege.”
b) it empowered a presidentially appointed commission to turn a
searchlight on industries engaged in interstate commerce.
c) the commissioners were expected to crush monopoly at the
source by rooting out unfair trade practices.
d) the law exempted certain practices, including unlawful
competition, false advertising, mislabeling, adulteration, and
bribery.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Federal Trade
Commission Act EXCEPT
a) it was part of Wilson’s attempt to attack the “triple wall of
privilege.”
b) it empowered a presidentially appointed commission to turn a
searchlight on industries engaged in interstate commerce.
c) the commissioners were expected to crush monopoly at the
source by rooting out unfair trade practices.
d) the law exempted certain practices, including unlawful
competition, false advertising, mislabeling, adulteration, and
bribery. (correct)
Hint: See page 733.
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Question
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act did all of the following
EXCEPT it
a) lengthened the shopworn Sherman Act’s list of
business practices that were deemed objectionable.
b) failed to prohibit price discrimination and interlocking
directorates.
c) conferred long-overdue benefits on labor.
d) exempted labor and agricultural organizations from
antitrust prosecution, while explicitly legalizing
strikes and peaceful picketing.
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Answer
The Clayton Anti-Trust Act did all of the following
EXCEPT it
a) lengthened the shopworn Sherman Act’s list of
business practices that were deemed objectionable.
b) failed to prohibit price discrimination and interlocking
directorates. (correct)
c) conferred long-overdue benefits on labor.
d) exempted labor and agricultural organizations from
antitrust prosecution, while explicitly legalizing
strikes and peaceful picketing.
Hint: See pages 733–734.
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Question
The Workingmen’s Compensation Act
a) required decent treatment and a living wage on
American merchant ships.
b) granted assistance to federal civil-service employees
during periods of disability.
c) restricted child labor on products flowing into
interstate commerce.
d) established an eight-hour day for all employees on
trains in interstate commerce.
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Answer
The Workingmen’s Compensation Act
a) required decent treatment and a living wage on
American merchant ships.
b) granted assistance to federal civil-service employees
during periods of disability. (correct)
c) restricted child labor on products flowing into
interstate commerce.
d) established an eight-hour day for all employees on
trains in interstate commerce.
Hint: See page 734.
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Question
The Adamson Act of 1916
a) required decent treatment and a living wage on
American merchant ships.
b) granted assistance to federal civil-service employees
during periods of disability.
c) restricted child labor on products flowing into
interstate commerce.
d) established an eight-hour day for all employees on
trains in interstate commerce.
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Answer
The Adamson Act of 1916
a) required decent treatment and a living wage on
American merchant ships.
b) granted assistance to federal civil-service employees
during periods of disability.
c) restricted child labor on products flowing into
interstate commerce.
d) established an eight-hour day for all employees on
trains in interstate commerce. (correct)
Hint: See page 734.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Jones Act of 1916
EXCEPT
a) it granted to the Philippines the boon of territorial status and
promised independence as soon as a “stable government”
could be established.
b) Wilson’s racial prejudices made it difficult for him to anticipate
anything other than a long political tutelage for the Filipinos.
c) not until thirty years later did the United States accept
Philippine independence.
d) it blatantly contradicted the Open Door policy set by Secretary
of State Bryan’s predecessor John Hay.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Jones Act of 1916
EXCEPT
a) it granted to the Philippines the boon of territorial status and
promised independence as soon as a “stable government”
could be established.
b) Wilson’s racial prejudices made it difficult for him to anticipate
anything other than a long political tutelage for the Filipinos.
c) not until thirty years later did the United States accept
Philippine independence.
d) it blatantly contradicted the Open Door policy set by Secretary
of State Bryan’s predecessor John Hay. (correct)
Hint: See pages 734–735.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Lusitania EXCEPT
a) it was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland on May 7,
1915.
b) it was carrying forty-two hundred cases of small-arms
ammunition, a fact the Germans used to justify the sinking.
c) Americans were swept by a wave of shock and anger at this
act of “mass murder” and “piracy.”
d) the Midwestern United States seethed with talk of fighting, but
the rest of the country showed a strong distaste
for hostilities.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Lusitania EXCEPT
a) it was torpedoed and sank off the coast of Ireland on May 7,
1915.
b) it was carrying forty-two hundred cases of small-arms
ammunition, a fact the Germans used to justify the sinking.
c) Americans were swept by a wave of shock and anger at this
act of “mass murder” and “piracy.”
d) the Midwestern United States seethed with talk of fighting, but
the rest of the country showed a strong distaste
for hostilities. (correct)
Hint: See page 740.
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